Element Locator Engine — stable selectors for 8 test frameworks.
Paste any HTML and get confidence-scored XPath, CSS, Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, Robot Framework, Appium, and ARIA locators — plus automatic Page Object Model generation.
The last locator tool you need.
8-Framework Locators
One HTML snippet generates locators for XPath, CSS, Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, Robot Framework, Appium, and ARIA — all simultaneously. No re-running per framework.
Confidence Scoring
Every locator gets a stability confidence score (1–100). The engine penalises positional XPaths, dynamic class names, and auto-generated IDs — and recommends the most resilient selector first.
Page Object Model Generation
Click Generate POM and get a full PageObject class in Playwright (TypeScript), Selenium (Java), or Cypress (JavaScript) — ready to paste into your test framework.
Multiple Strategy Detection
The engine finds every viable locator strategy per element — ID, name, data-testid, ARIA role, text, CSS class chain, absolute/relative XPath — and ranks them by reliability.
Uniqueness Check
Flags locators that would match multiple elements in the provided HTML, preventing flaky tests caused by non-unique selectors — a common source of 'element not found' failures.
Instant, Browser-Only
No server round-trip. The locator engine runs entirely in your browser using a DOM parser — results in milliseconds for any HTML snippet up to 500KB.
Where SDETs deploy the Locator Engine.
New Page Automation Setup
When starting automation for a new page, paste the page's HTML into the engine. Get a full POM with confidence-scored locators ready to review — cut page setup from 2 hours to 10 minutes.
Flaky Test Root-Cause Analysis
When a test fails with 'element not found', paste the current page HTML and check whether your selector still uniquely matches — or whether a UI change removed the attribute you relied on.
Mobile Test Automation
Generate Appium-compatible XPath and ARIA locators for mobile UI components. The engine adapts selector strategy based on element type and available attributes.
Frequently asked questions.
What frameworks does the Locator Engine support?
XPath (absolute and relative), CSS selectors, Playwright (getByRole, getByLabel, getByTestId, locator()), Cypress (cy.get(), cy.contains()), Selenium (By.id, By.xpath, By.cssSelector), Robot Framework (xpath=, css=), Appium (accessibility id, xpath), and ARIA attributes.
How does confidence scoring work?
Each locator is scored 0–100 based on stability indicators. High score (80+): data-testid, ARIA role, semantic ID. Medium (50–79): CSS class chain, stable text content. Low (below 50): positional XPath, auto-generated class names, dynamic attributes.
What is Page Object Model (POM) generation?
The engine extracts all interactive elements from the HTML and generates a complete POM class in your chosen framework — with locator declarations and basic action methods. Saves 60–90% of manual POM writing time.
Does it work with React, Angular, or Vue component HTML?
Yes. Paste the rendered HTML output of any component and the engine generates locators. It also detects data-testid, aria-*, and role attributes commonly used in component libraries.
How do I get stable locators for Playwright specifically?
The engine prioritises Playwright's recommended strategies: getByRole (ARIA role + name), getByLabel (form fields), getByTestId (data-testid), and getByText (visible text). It falls back to locator() with CSS or XPath only when semantic options are unavailable.
What does the uniqueness check do?
For each generated locator, the engine parses the full provided HTML and verifies that the selector matches exactly one element. If it matches more than one, the locator is flagged and a more specific alternative is suggested.
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